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ii THIRD WHO REPORT ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
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Investing to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: third WHO report on neglected diseases 2015.
1 Tropical Medicine - trends. 2.Neglected Diseases. 3.Poverty Areas. 4.Universal Coverage - economics. 5.Developing
Countries. 6.Annual Reports. I.World Health Organization.
ISBN 978 92 4 156486 1 (NLM classification: WC 680)
Investing to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: third WHO report on neglected tropical diseases was
produced by the World Health Organization’s Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases under the overall
direction and supervision of Dr Dirk Engels (Director) and Dr Denis Daumerie (Programme Manager).
Special thanks are due to the participants of the first informal meeting of the Investment for Impact Working Group of the
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) for their contribution to Chapter 2 1
and to the Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants and the Special Programme for Research
and Training in Tropical Diseases for their contribution to Chapter 3.
Regional Directors and members of their staff provided support and advice.
Members of the STAG-NTD gave valuable input, contributions and peer review. The report was edited by its Chairman,
Professor Peter Holmes.
Appreciation is extended to the Ministries of Health, donors, partners, foundations, pharmaceutical companies donating
medicines, nongovernmental organizations, academia and colleagues for their generosity and contributions.
Given the space constraints and the large number of contributors, their names have been omitted but their involvement and
commitment are gratefully acknowledged.
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WHO informal meeting on investment for impact in the control of neglected tropical diseases, Geneva, Switzerland,16–17 December 2013 [List of participants]
(http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/LOP_WHO_meeting_investment_impact_control_NTD.pdf).